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fille de joie

[ fee-yuh duh zhwah ]

noun

, French.
, plural filles de joie [fee-y, uh, d, uh, , zhwah].
  1. a prostitute (used as a euphemism).


fille de joie

/ fij də ʒwa /

noun

  1. a prostitute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fille de joie1

Literally, “pleasure girl”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fille de joie1

girl of pleasure
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Example Sentences

You were intended—do not take the words as an insult—to lead the life of a fille de joie.

Lady Hamilton is said to have first enacted his Goddess of Health, being at this time a fille de joie of great celebrity.

Some wag in the Society, paraphrasing the syllables of her name, wittily if unkindly, had christened her fille de joie.

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